2005 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 Tires Problems

“On june 12th, 2005, I purchased a 2005 chevy avalanche for my wife from bill heard Chevrolet in sanford, florida. The morning after taking delivery of unit, I noticed the vehicle had problems. The vehicle would not stop/brake properly, the tires were rubbing into the front fenders and the front end wandered and pulled to the left. I called the dealership that day and spoke with the salesman. It took the dealership almost three weeks to get my vehicle into their repair facility. They had addressed there were problems with the vehicle, but they did nothing to fix the vehicle. …”

“Brand new 3 month old goodyear p26570r17 g/y wrangle at/s owl tire exploded while driving and flattened within a matter of minutes. The belts were on fire inside, and the tire was bubbling and bursting ofrom the inside out...when police came after calling for fear of a fire, they said tire was on fire from the inside and was not drivable...waited 1 hour for tire to cool down before road service could begin to change tire...reported to goodyear and the tire place where we purchased would not give a new tire..made us purchase a new tire at 50% off when the tire was only 3 months…”

“When lowering the spare tire the cable assembly lowers to the ground but the metal sleeve that the cable runs through and also is suppose to drop as the cable is lowers gets stuck in the assembly and the end result is the tire is only partially lowered and is stuck with the cable on the ground. You can kick pull try and use the tire iron to try and pry it down but it does not go down. If the truck were up on the jack and flat tire removed it would be very easy for the truck to come off the jack because of the force needed to try and get the spare tire down. …”

“The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet avalanche k1500. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the contact stated that he noticed premature wearing of the brake pads and disc. He also stated that the spare tire was not accessible. The dealer was not contacted in regards to the failures. The vehicle was repaired by a personal mechanic. The contact did not inform the manufacturer of the failure. The failure mileage was 71,000 and the current mileage was approximately 95,000.”

“The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet AVALANCHE 1500. The vehicle has sigma stampede tires, size 265/70r16 (na). While driving 35 MPH, the front driver's side tire blew out. The contact stopped the vehicle, changed the tire, and drove to his residence. He called the manufacturer to resolve the issue. The contact stated that the road conditions were not a factor and there were no hazardous materials in the roadway. There were no injuries. The failure mileage was 62,900.”